Quoting a letter from the BBC: “It is our understanding that other broadcasters had the opportunity to put forward their own proposals to Formula One Management (‘FOM’). However, as we explained, the decision to award the broadcast rights rested solely with FOM.”

“Q: What current Formula One regulation would you most like to change and why?
DR: I?ů‘ťľ‘šůd like to give my car a bit more horsepower! (laughs) Honestly I think we?ů‘ťľ‘šůre in a good era at the moment and the racing?ů‘ťľ‘šůs been exciting so I wouldn’t change much. I would like to see the field closer together though. That’s one thing which would make even better racing.”

I’d just like to take this opportunity to help publicise the fact that I am taking registrations for this season of the Collantine Cup F1 2011 PS3 series.

Some of you may be familiar with the Championship I ran for PS3 owners over the off-season last year. It was a great success and we are all very keen to do it again for this off season coming using F1 2011. However, thanks to the 16 player grids and the fact that we’ve had a couple of people drop out, we’ve got quite a few places on the grid to fill. It’s a casual, laid-back series which is designed to be a fun way for us to spend the off season without things getting too serious. So if you’re an ultra-competitive type, this series probably isn’t for you.

If you’re interested in joining, you can register your interest here. I’ll be accepting registrations until Midnight on Sunday, so this is the last time I’ll make any mention of it. After registrations close, the current drivers will vote for the people they most want to join and the members with the most votes will be offered a place in the series.

If you’re keen to join in, please feel welcome to register. We’d love to get a grid full of Fanatics to help make this off-season even more fun than the last!

@Fer no.65 May be not as with Schumacher he doesn’t seem he cared,he will be one of those driver who won’t care what happens on the other side of the garage & secondly we still haven’t seen Nico in a good machine so we are still not sure that how much potential he have ( though I believe he is as good as Hamilton) but of me he will be better then Massa.

I think people are a little too quick to latch onto claims that anything related to Formula 1 in the United States is doomed to being an inglorious failure. And I’d say that most of this stems from the USF1 debacle, which is really rather unfair because USF1 was not actually run by any Americans.